Zara Sproul

Senior Associate at A&O Shearman

Speaker

Zara advises on a range of corporate transactions including private acquisitions, public takeovers, equity finance and general corporate advisory work.

Zara has a particular focus on the Life Sciences, Consumer and Retail sectors, and is lead relationship associate for two publicly listed life sciences/consumer clients. Zara spent six months on secondment to a publicly listed Life Sciences client in 2020 and also 6 months on secondment to Allen & Overy's Madrid office.

Zara is co-lead of the Afghan Pro Bono Initiative project, for which she won the firm's prizes for “Access to Justice” and “Multijurisdictional Pro Bono Effort” in 2022. The project also won the 2022 LawWorks Award for Most Effective Pro Bono Partnership, and was highly commended at The Lawyer awards for “Pro Bono Initiative of the Year” in 2023.